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NO. 81.

Others not so important, | have the
misfortune to agree with the Demo-
cratic party rather than with the Presi-
dent
But, so far as am aware, there has
been no want of harmony in the per-
sonal relations between him and me.
| have said nothing of him, in any
way unbecoming the language which
a Senator should use toward the presi-
dent of the United States. II he can
not bear, without offence, the candid
criticism of those friends who differ
with him, he is unwothy of his great
Office. Should |, for the sake of the
patronage he has to bestow, suppress
or forego my honest convictions, l
would prove unworthy of mine. At
all events I would desire Mr.. Cleve.
land to know that | have made no
secret of my opinions concerning his
policy at any time. | do not abuse
him in the cloak room and praise him
in public for the sake of the meagre
scraps which fall to Democrats under
his Interpretation of reform.
Whether or not he is Of that stamp
of soul which can honor in others
those qualities which he claims as the
chief ornament of his own character,
remains to be seen. Notwithstanding
the numerous other letters besides
yours which | have received of the same
purport, / believe should have per-
mitted the newspaper gossip to so
unnoticed, but for the desire | feel to
correct the impression that there was
some personal disagreement or grlev-
ance between the President and my
self.
am much enjoying the rest and
recreation Of my summer home in the
mountains am doing no harm to any
body , and sincerely trust the news
papers may leave me in peace until
December. Very truly yours,
L. B. VANCE.
GoMBRooN, near Black Mountains, n.
C., May 70, 1887.
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Purity of the Press.
TRey. sam Jones.l

If wanted to get a good square
Judgment of something l had done,
| had rather go to newspaper office
for it than any other court OF justice.
| know the justice of journals, their IN
tegrity, and their purity of motives.
l know that they probe into mems
characters. No man whose character
is pure need fear all the press in Amer
ica. The way to be safe from so-calied
newspaper attacks is to be Christian
The reporters are the best detective
force in the country. They have
brought more criminals to justice and
punctured more shams than all detective
agencies combined.
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81 WORTH $4,000.

For four yeas l II We been uffrrer
from n Terrible form Of RheuinatIs"'
which reduced III =" low lhAt all mop"
Of recovery was gwen up ha 9
suffered the most X:ruclal ing pam ody
and nj ,ht AMI nf,el wn.le wrIJhing IN
agony have wished could die. / have
tried everything known for that disease
but nothing did me any good, and nave
had some Of The finest physicians OF the
State to work on me, but ali to IL effect
l have spent over : 70 without u"uLhg
relief / ain now proud t" say that aiteI
using only Que ho ii OF Is. B. 3. am
euab g to walk around and attend 10 bus
ine.s. ant | wou d not t;,ke $500 tor tn
benz tit reserved from ole single boltIe
Uf B. l5 b. refer 10 al merchauts ana
business men o! th!s town.
Yours, m"sttru!y,
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VOL. vi.
AgENSATlON. a

Whv is it that three bottles of b. B.
are sold in Atlanta TO one OF any otter
boo0 remedy, and twice as much CON
snu1ed in the State If Georgia as any
other preparation? NJ one need take
our word, but simply ask the drugglsts'
Ak tre people. They are c'npetent
witnesses. Six houses in Atlanta are
buying b. B Il. in five and ten gross lois.
and some If them buy it every two
months. Why these uanrece Tented +ales
here at home with so little advertising?
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Eau Il. 3. B been before The pnDlc
quarter or half century, 1t would not
be necessary TO be bJister'd up WIN
crute.bes of page advertisements now.
M-ri; will cDr uupr and do En money.
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Mr.. lanes L. Norris, President
Iacks0n Dem. Assso.; Washington,
D. {.
DEAR SIR have to thank you for
the regard for my political welfare
which prompted you to write the let
ter which have before me. In re-
Spouse thereto, have to say the inter
view to which you allude as given by
the 81. Louis Gk06e-DemOfraf never
took place. ! have no earthly recol-
lection Of having ever been interviewed
by a correspondent of that paper; but
while | disavow the interview and
language attributed to me as used
toward the President, | cannot COM
plain of a Misrepresentation of my
sentiments concerning his policy.
| am not in harmony with him in
serveral important particulars, .but be-
lieve [ do harmonic with the Demo
cratic party, as its professions and
practices have made its principle:
known to me.
! | have favored the double standard
Of gold and silver without discrlmina
ton for or against either, which ths
President does not.
/ have favored the payment of ths
public debt in the legal coin OF The
United States according to the plair
words printed on the face OF the secu
rites, and the President does not.
l have favored that "honest civi
service reform" which the Democratic
Convention at Chicago. which nomi
mated Mr.. Cleveland, demanded anc
which the Democrats of the Unitec
States thought they were to get wheI
they voted fer him; that reform whicl
consisted in ejecting Republican Off
cials from the Offices they had prosti
tuted and abused, but the Presiden
does not.
have favored the-application of tn
principles of "home rule" to the DIS
trict of Columbia, the only disfran
chised portion of the American people
and a Difference to their wishes in th
appointment of their local officials, bu
, the President does not.
J In these important matters and som
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SENATOR VANCE IS A DEMO.
GRAFT.
He is not Opposed to Mr.. Cleveland, but
he is Opposed to his Administration.

Hon. Z. B. Vante, Black Mountain,
Buneom6e Co., ~ {.
My DEAR GOvERNOR-l have for
some days contemplated writing you
in regard to the published references
to yourself since your departure from
the City to your mountain home in
the early part Of March last. Several
articles in the form of interviews have
appeared in the newspapers, with the
apparent purpose of injuring you at
home or of damaging you in your
relations with President Cleveland.
AS | know that you are out OF the
reach of interviewers and reporters,
and that you are not out Of harmony
with the Administration, | am at a
loss to account for the fictitious and
sinister articles which are almost con
tinually re-appearing, commencing
SO far as have noticed, in the ST.
Louis GlobeDem0fyak.
Such articles are commonly harm
less; but in this matter | think that fol
your own sake you should make some
statement in regard to these persisten
and gratuitous misrepresentation.
! | enclose one of these articles, now
rehashed with a lengthy addition
This is the most recent alleged inter
view that has come under my obser
vation. Sincerely yours,
JAMES l.. NORRIS.
Washington. D. G.. May IL, 1881
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-05-23
FURTHER CANADIAN BRUTALITY.
An Attempt by the Mob at Kingston to
Murder Editor O'Brien.

KINGSTON, Ont, May 2l-Editor O'Brien
and party arrived here Friday and received
cordial welcome At the station there was
some opposition which only expressed itself in
cheers for Lansdowne and the rendering of
the National anthem A big reception was
accorded the visitors at the Burnett house
Crowds of ladies mingled with the men to
get introdnctipns, There We're about !, 800 at
ther A surging crowd outside shouted
vigorously. but created no other disturbance
O'Brien spoke for an hour. He is suffering
from a severe rib injury which was caused by
a Toronto brick-bat. He feels satisfied that
while no public utterances may be made vet
the people of Canada Twill reprobate the con
duct of Jansdowne, and make his stay here
very unhappy" He Landed the intelligence
of the kingstOnans, for he had feared brick
hats and stones, according to reports in the
public press. He vigorously attacked Lord
lansdowne's methods at Luggacurran He
was loudly cheer ed His mention of Glad
stone as the Irish leader called forth mighty
ovation
kilbride following said he had expected
that the arguments that would meet him III
Kingston would he cobble-stoues, but
ton had more common sense than the hood
iums Of another place. In the audience were
many ladies and large sprlnllling of prom
inent professionals.
The expressions Of the speakers of conf
dence in the good sense and fair-play of the
Kingston Loyalsts received ii very decided
and brutal contradiction when the meeting
closed As OBrien went out of the rink he
was confronted by great crowd who had
been cheering for Lansdowue and grooming
for OF rien. Here he sm was the cry, and
the crowd surged ahead and several stones
were thrown. Sergt. NeSbitt was struck on
the head. r. j. Gardner, merchant, and Pc
lice Officer Craig had their hats knocked off.
In twinkling D'BrIen was rushed around the
corner and disappeared, no one knew whittier
The crowd then moved down to the Burnett
house and awaited OBrien's arrival, but he
came not Several windows III the hotel
were smashed
OBrien was saea at | |: 30 O'Clock He was
in friendly house When he left the ball
his hat was changed and he was rushed into a
gateway and saved He was unhurt, bat
much agitated He said his escape was mir
aculous; that it was deliberate attempt to
murder him When his hat was changed he
was about to receive blow from bludgeon
He was struck on the head by stoue The
mayor offered him military protection after
the row, but he declined it.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-05-23

WHAT are the sensations experienced
during hanging? Some of the few who
have been able TO give any account of
their consciousness At so critical mo-
meut say that. after one instant of pain,
the chief sensation is that of mass of
brilliant colors filling the eyebaIls The
quarterly Reeje,c, treating on this matter
says: AN acquaintance of Lord Bacon
who meant to hang himself partially, lost
his footing, and was cut down ut the last
extremity, having nearly paid for his
curiosity with his life He declared that
he felt no pain, and his only sensations
were of fire before his eyes. which
changed first to black and then to sky
blue. These colors are even source of
pleasure - A Captain Montagnac, who
WAS to be executed in France during the
religious wars. but was rescued from the
gibbet at the interces9ion of Marshal
Turenne, complained that, having lost
all pain in an instant, he had been
taken from light of which the
charm defed description. Another
criminal, who escaped through the break.
ing of the halter, said that after second
or two of suffering light appeared, and
across it most beautiful avenue of trees
All agree that the uneasiness is quite
momentsry; that plessursble feeling
Immediately succeeds; that cOlors of
various hues start up before the eyes, and
that these having been gazed at for a
limited space the rest is oblivion The
mind, averted from the reality of the
situation. is engaged in scenes the most
remote from those which fill the eyes of
the spectators. Medical men have paid
much attention 20 the anatomy of the
neck and throat in regard to the cir
cumstanCes which bring about asphyxia,
suffOcaton, or choking, and they say that
some necks possess power of resisting
these effects to very remarkable degree.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-05-23
The CITY of Rock Island.

Rock Island is city of IS 600 Inhabitants, stu
at'd at the geographical center Of the Middle
States in the midst of the richest grain producing
tween Chicago and Omaha Milwaukee and Kansas
City'St Louis and st Paul. being 1871 miles from
Chicago and $50 from Omaha; PA from Milwaukee
and $40 from Kansas City; s47 from st, Louis and
346 from St Paul. II is 81 miles from Peoria and
is in direct communication with and between all
the great commercial points named. II IL within
twenty-five IN les Of the inexhaustable coal fields
at Gable aud fife, II miles Of the lime and stone
quarries q; Port Byron 1t is situated on the Mis-
sissppi at the foot of the island of Flock Island on
which IL situated the largest government arsenal
in the world, and has ware ouses and agencies for
the two great steamboat lines of the Upper Missis-
sippi Its manufactures are varied and prosper
Gus Its johbing trade is large, and room for more.
It's retail trade is extensive and enlarging. Its nat
vantages are unexceled Its schools and churches
are many and all well established. II has the g..
r. & P: G., NJ. Il St'P.; C. B. Il @; R. !. Il
p and X. ] h Cable railroads, Ii has three differ
ent lines of street cars. 1t has good systems of
electric and gas illumination. Its sanitary regula
tions are excellent and the locality naturally
healthy Its hotels are modern and first-class
1t has handsome opera house. Ii has beau
tifnI residences and resident property. Its bust
ness blocks are many Of them new and all sub
stsntial II offer better Inducements to business.
comfort, happiness health and prosperity than
any other locality in the country
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-05-23

The greatest danger at present menaC
ing the democratic party is from the labor
vote. Should there not be radical
change in the situation within the next
eighteen months, democratic success in
the presidential election of 1888 will be.
seriously endangered. New Yorks cleo
toral vote is an absolute necessity for
democrats, yet the most hopeful partisan
must admit that the chances of carrying
it are slight if the labor party displays
anything near the strength 1t did last fall
when it cast $1,000 votes for Henry
George to be mayor of the metropolis.
The most annoying feature of the
whole business is that any such detection
of the labor element. if it do occur will
be absolutely without cause. The demo-
cratic party is the natural friend of the
workingman How could it he other
wise inasmuch rs the bone and sinew of
the party is composed of men who work
for their daily bread? There is not a
reasonable demand that the worklngmen
can make that the democratic party will
not cheerfully grant. If there is Il single
law that disCrimnates against the poor
and in favor of the rich let it be pointed
out and the democratic party will imme-
distely move for its repeal.
1t is great pity to see this large and
important factor drift away from the
party as it already seems to have done to
large extent in New York Chicago,
Cincinnati and numerous other cities.
There Is altogether too much apathy upon
the subject among democrats. They do
not appear to realize how serious the
situation is. An effort ought to be made
to ascertain just what the labor people
want, and if it is at all possible to meet
their views to do so. The democratic
party cannot afford to ALLEVIATE the labor
vote. II can do without the nilfionaires
and monopolists, but it must have the
workers
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-05-23
A SENATOR'S BuTLeR's DEATH.


WASHINGTON CITY, May p Cries of"mur-
deri' and "policei' from the residence OF Sen-
ator Mcpherson, Vermont avenue attracted
officer Welsh To the spot about lo'cio.k SGn-
day morning From the account of the ex-
cited women the officer at first thought that
thieves were in the house, and that the male
servant was being murdered He entered
the house through IA window and proceeding
to to the rear of the dIning-room found LOUIS
Brown, colored. with his head caught be
tween the floor and one of the shelves of the
lnmb waiter The officer with difficulty ex-
tricated the man from his perious position
who was So far gone that he lived but twenty
minutes. Il appears that Brown. who is the
senator's butler started to ia ke the silver to an
upper story when the rope of the dumb waiter
slipped and caught his head. Senator and
Mrs Mcpherson left Washington for New
Jersey SATURDAY, leaving no one in the house
hut The, servants
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-05-23

EAvAYNAH, Ga, MAY 23-Jacob Leggett,
the wife murderer, was on the gallows al
Reidsville Friday with the black cap over hi>
head, and the sheriff was inst about to give
the signal TO cut the rope, when Col Clifton
of the governors staff. rode up with a mes
sage from Governor Gor,lau granting Leggett
reprieve OF thirty days tor an Inquiry int
his sanity. Clifton had ridden forty mile.
through the woods all night The crowd
which had come to witness the hanging
cheered loudly as the reprieve was read
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-05-23
BASE BALL STATISTICS.
standing of the League and Association
CIubs-Recent Records.

CHICAGO MAY 23-The league schedule
shows Detroit away in the lead and Chicago
pretty well down in the list The record is as
follows; Detroit-games won 20, games lost
2: Boston Won Is, lost 5; New Nork-woD
Il. lost :; Philadelphia-wo g. lost IL Pitts
burg-won Z lost Il; Chicago-won Z, lost
10. Washington-woh !, lost lS;-Indianap-
olis-won ,, lost 49,
The Association schedule is as follows: St
Louis-games won p lost 4; Brooklyn--won
Is lost g: Cincinnati-won Is, lost Il; Balti-
more-won Is, lost 10: Louisville-won IA,
lost u: Athletic-wOn 10. lost Is; Cleveland
won T. lost 10; Metropolitan-won 1, lost Is.
Saturdays League playing resulted as fol
lows: At Philadelphia-Ch Chicago :, Philadel-
phia 4 at Washington City-W ashington ?,
Detroit 1: at New York-New York = Pitts
burg 5: at Boston-Boston 16, indianapolis 3.
Following is the Association record: At
Observation-Disclosures 5, Metropolitan 4; al
st Louis-St Louis Z, Brooklyn9 9; at Cleve
land-Athletic Il, Cleveland Is; at Cincin-
nati-Cincinnati 4, Baltimore S. Sundays
games: AT st Louis-St Louis s. BROOKLYN 3
at observation-disclosures II, Baltimore Z; al
Louisville-IOuisvile6 6. MetrOpolitans &.
The Northwestern league: At Minneapolis
the home club and Duluth played three in
nings Saturday, when the game was stopped
by rain, the score being: Minneapolis s, Duluth
/ ; at Milwaukee &, Lacrosse 8:
at st. Pau-St Paul s, Eau Claire 6-six in
uings, darkness. Sunday game: At st. Pau
st Paul T. Eau Claire
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-05-23
Twenty-Five Million Nor. Acres,

WASHINGTON CRY. May Gland Com
missioner Sparks Saturday, in speaking of
Secretary LamarS purpose to revoke the or
ders of withdrawal .of railroad indemnity
lands, made 10y his predecessors from time tn
time since 1850 expressed the opinion that the
revocation will result in 25.W0.aU1 acres of
land being thrown open 10 settlement and
entry The railroads which, it Is said.
will be most affected, and the states. ter
ritories, and localities in which are locat-
ed much too the larger portion of the lands TO
he restored, are given IN order of the interests
involved as follows. The Northern Pacific. in
Montana, Dakota Washington territory.
Idaho, and Oregon; the Atlantic 4 Pacific in
New Mexico, west of the Ric Grande, and
Arizona; the Southern Pacific, in southern
California; the California q Oregon. from
Rooseville junction. near Sacramento, in Cal
ifornIa, to the Oregon line; the Oregon &
California, from Portland to the California
lima
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-05-23
THAT MEMOIR ON IRELAND


LONDON, MAY ga telegram from Rome
says: A summary of the so-called memoir on
the Irish question has reached Rome. A sec
ond inquiry at the Irish college elected an
other indignant denial of any knowledge of
such a document, which is declared to he a
malicious and stupid invention, devoid OF the
least probability
The Rome correspondent of The Chronicle
now admits that the Irish college has issued
no memoir on the Irish question. He says
that when be received the So-called memoir he
was assured that it was the work of an Irish
Jesuit professor in the Irish college. but he
has since found that he was wrongly Informed.
He now believes that the document was writ
ten by an English Cathnlir e.clt.slH,f
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-05-23

WIKEsBARRE, ia, MAY - Michael Han
non, of this city, a freight conductor on the
Delaware & Hudson railroad was killed by
being run Saturday afternoon. He was
engaged in switching some cars when, as his
train backed down the track. he saw a woman
and little girl walking leisurely along "A few
rods in advance He shouted to them. but as
they turned and saw their danger became 50
frightened they could not move Harmon
jumped off quickly, and, running to where
they were, showed them off the track, but in
so dong, slipped, and falling back across the
rails was crushed to death
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-05-23

CLEVELAND, o., May 23.-l1he annual con-
vention of the Ohio division of the Travellers
Protective Association met Saturday morn
ing. Officers We're elected and also delegates
to the st Louis national convention They
will continue to fight against railway inter
probation of the interstate commerce law, and
unless concessions are granted an effort will
be made TO secure state law fixing the rate
for passenger travel at two cents per mile
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-05-23
A Few Light Rains.

NEGAUNEE, Mich, May ga shower fell
Sunday afternoon, putting out the smaller
forest fires A few of the larger ones are still
burning, and there will he much more trouble
with the fires unless heavier rains fall very
soon. AT present there is some prospect of
more rain.
CHEBoYGAN, Mich, May GA light rain
fell here Sunday afternoon, to the delight Of
all, but it lasted but half an hour, and did not
materially check the fire in the woods, which
is doing dire work in this section
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-05-23

MINNEApoLIs, MINI, May %. Billy Viii
son of St Paul. and Harry Woodson, the
Black Diamond, of Cincinnati, colored heavy
weight pugihsts, fought with two ounce
gloves to a finish at dayb Sunday morning,
in Dakota County, about fifteen miles from
this city The fight lasted thirteen rounds,
Woodson being finally knocked out The
fight was for purse of S400, and was wit
messed by quite a number of sports.